Saxony Electorate of Greater Saxony Timeline: Principia Moderni III (Map Game)
Kurfürstentum Größer Sachsen
Herzogtum Größer Sachsen OTL equivalent: Electorate of Saxony , Margraviate of Thuringia | |||||
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Capital | Wittenberg | ||||
Official languages | German | ||||
Demonym | Saxon, Thuringian | ||||
Religion | Western Catholic | ||||
Government | Vassalized Monarchy | ||||
- | Duke | Adalbert von Wittelsbach | |||
Establishment | |||||
- | Golden Bull | 10 January 1356 | |||
- | Bavarian Vassalization of Saxony and Thuringia | May 12, 1504 | |||
- | Consolidation of Saxony and Thuringia | February 21, 1561 | |||
- | Creation of Sachsen-Franken | January 1, 1656 |
The Electorate of Greater Saxony (German: Kurfürstentum Sachsen, also Kursachsen), was a state and elector in the Holy Roman Empire. Since the sixteenth century, it was also a vassal of the Grand Duchy of Bavaria. In Bavaria, it was referred to as the Duchy of Greater Saxony, composed of the former Counties of Saxony and Thuringia.
Rulers of Greater Saxony[]
Bavarian Counts of Saxony & Thuringia (1504 - 1561)[]
- Countess Elisabeth I von Wittelsbach (1504 - 1532)
- Vittorio Erani
- Count Albert IV von Wittelsbach (1532 - 1561)
- Amalia von Schalzow
- Count Adalbert I von Wittelsbach (1561)
- Baroness Klaramund von Wittenburg
Bavarian Dukes of Greater Saxony (1561 - 1568)[]
- Duke Adalbert I von Wittelsbach (1561 - 1568)
- Baroness Klaramund von Wittenburg
Bavarian Grand Dukes of Greater Saxony (1568 - 1656)[]
- Grand Duke Adalbert I von Wittelsbach (1568 - 1577)
- Baroness Klaramond von Wittenburg
- Grand Duke Adalbert II von Wittelsbach (1577 - 1599)
- Hilda of Austria
- King Franz-Albert II von Wittelsbach (1599 - 1633)
- Never Married
- Governor: Wilmer von Schaffer, John of Munich
- King Franz-Heinrich I von Wittelsbach (1633 - 1644)
- Adelheid of Saxony
- Governor: John of Munich
- King Leopold I von Wittelsbach (1644 - 1652)
- Maria of Wurzburg
- Governor: John of Munich, Andreas von Nikolberg
- King Leopold II von Wittelsbach (1652 - 1656)
- Klara von Eggenburg
- Governor: Ingrid von Habsburg-Wittelsbach
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